New Zealand MP Jenny Salesa has slammed the portrayal of the god Maui in the movie

According to the Washington Post, New Zealand MP Jenny Salesa said the portrayal of the god Maui as obese is not “not acceptable”.

She shared a picture on her Facebook page and compared the character to a “half pig, half hippo”.

She wrote: “When we look at photos of Polynesian men & women from the last 100-200 years, most of our people were not overweight and this negative stereotype of Maui is just not acceptable - No thanks to Disney."

Samoan rugby player Eliota Fuimanono Sapolu also expressed his disapproval of Maui’s look on his Facebook page adding: “Maui looking like after he fished up the Islands, he deep fried em and ate em [sic].”